Humility Archives - Sermon Illustration Ideas

A Know-It-All Attitude

God's Plans, Humility, Knowledge, Recognizing, Relationship with God

Have you ever dealt with a know-it-all? It’s incredibly annoying. If you have any reasonable amount of knowledge about something they’re describing, you will…

Greatness

God's Greatness, His greatness, Humility, Love, Lowliness, Power, Pride, Pursuit, Selfishness

Jesus’s understanding of greatness differs greatly from his disciples’ understanding of greatness. According to Jesus, greatness in the kingdom of heaven is defined by…

Nosing Around

Humility, Judging, Maturity

On the sitcom Blackish, the Johnson family lives in a predominantly white neighborhood and has a nosy neighbor named Janine. The final episode of…

Gratitude

Dignity, Gratitude, Humility, Leadership, Relationships

Sheldon Yellen, CEO of BELFOR Holdings Inc., writes 9,200 holiday and birthday cards every year: one for every employee. He started this gesture in…

Great Leaders Lead By Example

Attitude, Christ's Example, Encounters, Example, Humility, Leadership, Servant-leadership

In a memorable scene from Remember the Titans (directed by Boaz Yakin [Buena Vista Pictures, 2000]), Julius Campbell and Gerry Bertier get into an…

A Simple Act Of Humility

Humble, Humility, Leadership, Servant-leadership, Servanthood, Serving Others

Sheldon Yellen, CEO of BELFOR Holdings Inc., handwrites birthday and holiday cards to each of his employees every year: 9,200 of them. He started…

Humility Over Prestige

Humble, Humility, Power, Relationships

Dave Anderson relates a story about a powerful man choosing humility instead of prestige. Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn turned down breakfast with…

The Magnifying Glass of Truth

Confession, Evil, Humility, Mercy, Repentance, Truth

The film Promising Young Woman (directed by Emerald Fennell [Focus Features, 2020]) provides a powerful example of what it looks like when the magnifying…

A Dramatic Knighting

Humble, Humility, Jesus, Son of God

In A Knight’s Tale (directed by Brian Helgeland [Columbia Pictures, 2001]), Prince Edward knights Sir William in dramatic fashion. William, supposedly a man from…

Nelson Mandela on Humility

Humble, Humility, Leadership, Pride, Transformation

In 2000, Oprah Winfrey interviewed Nelson Mandela on the topic of humility. Mandela claimed that inner humility is the only means by which we…

The Humble King

Humility, Jesus, Jesus Christ, King Jesus, Kingship

In The Avengers (directed by Joss Whedon [Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, 2012]), Loki terrorizes a crowd after having publicly killed a man. He…

Confessional Booth

Confessing Sin, Confession, Humility, Hypocrisy, Repentance, Responsibility

Christians are so hypocritical! We’ve all heard this statement before—and sadly, it’s often true! “In his book Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller tells the…

The Offensive Line

Humility, Quiet, Recognition, Serving

Most people can name famous quarterbacks—people like Joe Montana, Brett Favre, and Tom Brady. But fewer people can name the offensive line that snapped…

Humble Witnesses

Evangelism, Humility, Kindness, Sharing Faith, Witness

Disabled medical student Zoie Sheets has shared some helpful reflections on how medical professionals should approach “Google warriors”—patients who have compiled their own research…

Charles Spurgeon’s ‘The Carrot and the Horse’

Generosity, Humility, Motivations, Sacrifice, The Heart

There is a story attributed to Charles Spurgeon. It goes like this: a gardener presents his king with the greatest carrot he has ever…

Our Good Teacher

God's Kindness, Humility, Submission, Teacher, Worship

“Imagine a second-grade teacher commending one of her pupils for a good job on a one-paragraph essay and indicating that the pupil had the…

The Eye Of The Beholder

Humility, Perception, Son of God, The Incarnation

Perception is always in the eye of the beholder. “This was, on the part of the Saviour, an example of great condescension and humility….

Christ’s Example

Disciples, Discipleship, Example, Humility

The idea of one providing an example for another is very common in media. One of the greatest instances is Mr. Miyagi from The…

Like A Boss

Humility, Servant, Servant-leadership, Washing Feet

True leadership is servant-leadership. Have you ever noticed a boss fulfilling a “small” task when no one else was there to do it? That’s servant-leadership….

Blessed Are The Meek

Blessed, Blessing, Humility, The Beatitudes

An example of meekness can be seen in the character Mr. Bates in the PBS television drama Downton Abbey. Mr. Bates is the valet for…